Gary Petersen
e-mail: garypetersen@optonline.net
website: www.garypetersenart.com
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005
2004
2002
1999
1992
Michael Steinberg Fine Art, “Colossal Youth”, New York, New York.
Fusebox, “Something Like Paradise”, Washington, D.C.
Genovese/Sullivan Gallery, “Gary Petersen: New Work”, Boston, Massachusetts.
Genovese/Sullivan Gallery, “Gary Petersen: New Paintings and Drawings”, Boston, Massachusetts.
White Columns, “White Room Exhibition”, New York, New York.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
Painting Center, “Wallworks”, New York, New York, curated by Stephen Maine.
Bronx River Art Center “Abstraction”, Bronx, New York.
Geoffrey Young Gallery, “Casheesh 3”, Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Kidd Yellin, “Domestic City” Brooklyn, New York, curated by Nichole Van Beek and Vince
Contarino.
Deep Space New York, “Drawing on Drawing”, New York, New York, curated by Erica Mercado
and Rory Donaldson.
Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, “Paper Works”, Brooklyn, New York.
Hofstra University,”Color-Time-Space” Hempstead, New York.
Geoffrey Young Gallery, “Casheesh 2”, Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Triple Candie, “Eye World”, New York, New York, curated by Emily Cheng and Michelle Loh.
Jen Bekman Gallery, “Mixtape”, New York, New York curated by Jeffrey Teuton.
Bussaco Restaurant, “Spectrum Squared”, Brooklyn, New York, curated by Carla Aurich.
Lohin-Geduld Gallery/Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, “Color, Time and Space”, New York, New York
and Brooklyn, New York.
Geoffrey Young Gallery, “The Great Impression”, Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Projex Mtl Galerie, “Summer, Summer”, Montreal, Canada
Wunderarts, “Out of Sight”, Amherst, Massachusetts.
Bushwick Open Studios, 56 Bogart , “Fortress To Solitude”, Brooklyn, New York curated by
Guillermo Creus.
Geoffrey Young Gallery, “Garish”, Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
McKenzie Fine Art, “Linear Abstraction”, New York, New York.
Adelphi University, “Chroma”, Garden City, Long Island, curated by Carson Fox and Jen Maloney.
Jan Colle Gallery, “Transmold”, Ghent, Belgium.
Geoffrey Young Gallery, “Exquisitide”, Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Jeff Bailey Gallery/Andrea Meislin Gallery,“It’s Gouache and Gouache Only”, New York, New
York, curated by Geoffrey Young.
Metaphor Contemporary Art, “Punchbowl”, Brooklyn, New York.
Grand Bazaar, “Kuf_Mold”, Istanbul, Turkey, curated by Suzan Batu and Bill Doherty.
EFA Gallery, “Horizon”, New York, New York, curated by David Humphrey.
Lesley Heller Gallery, “Winter Salon”, New York, New York.
Dinaburg Arts, “Fall Vernissage 2005”, New York, New York.
Metaphor Contemporary Art, “Breathing Space”, Brooklyn, New York.
Shelbourne Ballroom, “Starlight”, Michael Steinberg Fine Art, Miami, Florida.
Hunterdon Museum of Art, “Gifts from the RCIPP”, Clinton, New Jersey.
W52, “hot + cool * summer”, New York, New York, curated by Mary Dinaburg.
Michael Steinberg Fine Art, “ in polytechnicolor”, New York, New York.
PlusUltra Gallery, “all the roses that were ever painted”, Brooklyn, New York.
Pierce College, “Oh!”, Woodland Hills, California, curated by MeryLynn McCorkle.
Genovese/Sullivan Gallery, “Group Show”, Boston, Massachusetts.
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1994
1993
1992
Fusebox, “Art Positions/Art Basel”, Miami, Florida.
Byron C. Cohen Gallery, “Inventory”, Kansas City, Missouri.
Im n Il Gallery, “hello franklin”, Brooklyn, New York.
Fusebox, “Artpoint Art Fair”, Miami, Florida.
Fusebox, “Chromophilia”, Washington, D.C.
Frederieke Taylor Gallery, “Humanoid”, New York, New York.
Bucheon Gallery, “Minimal To Excess”, San Francisco, California.
Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, “Abstract”, New York, New York.
Im n Il Gallery, “Between: Peter Coe, David Henderson, Gary Petersen”, Brooklyn, New York.
Goliath Gallery, “Ripe and Hazy”, Brooklyn, New York.
Diverse Works, “Humanoid”, Houston, Texas.
Catherine Moore Gallery, “Winter Paper”, New York, New York.
Yerba Center for the Arts, “The Pierogi Flat Files”, San Francisco, California.
Raritan Valley Community College, “The Portrait in the New Millennium”, Somerville, New Jersey.
Genovese/Sullivan Gallery, “Abstraction”, Boston, Massachussetts.
Jay Grimm Gallery, “Abstract Paintings on Paper”, New York, New York.
Im n Il Gallery,” Out of Y2K”, Brooklyn, New York.
The Workspace, “Skintight”, New York, New York.
Genovese/Sullivan Gallery, “The Big Picture”, Boston, Massachussse
Vedanta Gallery, “Humanoid”, Chicago. Illinois.
The Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, “New Island Views”, Staten Island, New York.
Raritan Valley Community Center, “Unnatural Selection”, Somerville, New Jersey.
White Box Gallery, “Fashioned”, New York, New York.
Islip Art Museum, “Brite Magic”, East Islip, New York.
Visual Arts Museum, “After School”, New York, New York, curated by Klaus Kertess.
Hopper Art House Center, “Gary Petersen and John Rosis”, Nyack, New York.
Gasworks, “New York Drawers”, Pierogi Gallery Flatfiles, London, England.
Seton Hall University Law School, “Painting Still Happens”, Newark, New Jersey.
Jeffrey Coploff Gallery, “Sizzle”, New York, New York.
Trans Hudson Gallery, “Jersey Fresh”, Jersey City, New Jersey.
E.S. Van Dam Gallery, “Remotion”, New York, New York.
Islip Art Museum, “Zoo Extracts”, East Islip, New York.
The American Academy of Arts and Letters, “The American Academy Invitational Exhibition of
Painting and Sculpture”, New York, New York.
Valencia College, “The Forceful Gesture”, Orlando, Florida.
White Columns, “Update 1992”, New York, New York.
Marymount Manhattan College, “An Obscure Object To Desire”, New York, New York.
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2010 The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, The Space Program 2010-2011, Brooklyn, New York.
2003 Brodsky Center (Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper), Fellowship Award, Rutgers
University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
2002 New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Painting Fellowship Award, Trenton, New Jersey.
1993 New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Painting Fellowship Award, Trenton, New Jersey.
1988 Edward F. Albee Foundation, Visual Arts Fellowship, New York, New York.
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Johnson and Johnson Corporation, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, New York.
Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, New Jersey.
Hunterdon Museum, Clinton, New Jersey.
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey.
EDUCATION
The School of Visual Arts, M.F.A.
The Pennsylvania State University, B.S.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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2005
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2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
Kalm, James, “Brooklyn Dispatches Bushwick Biennial: Venice It Ain’t”, The Brooklyn Rail,
Artseen, July-August 2009.
Maine, Stephen, “A Wild Horizon”, The New York Sun, Gallery Going, July 5, 2007, Section II, p.15
& p.20.
Maine, Stephen. “Gary Petersen at Michael Steinberg”, Art in America, Review of Exhibitions,
April, 2006, no. 4: p. 160
Johnson, Ken. “Julie Langsam:’From Here To Modernity” and Gary Petersen:‘Colossal Youth’. The
New York Times, The Listings, December 2, 2005: section B, p.27
Johnson, Ken. “Hot + Cool*Summer”. The New York Times, Art Guide, August 6, 2004: section E, p.34
Trafton, Robin. “Taking Stock of Multiculturalism”, The Kansas City Star”, Preview Section, July 25, 2003 p.31
New American Paintings: Mid-Atlantic Edition, Open Studio Press, Boston, MA, number 45, May 2003.
Temin, Christine. “Critics Picks”, Boston Globe, Weekend: Galleries, April 12, 2002 p.C18.
McQuaid, Cate. “Gary Petersen: Recent Work”, The Boston Globe, Weekend: Galleries, April 19, 2002 p.C20.
Dixon, Glenn. “Batchelor Boys”, Washington City Paper, February 8, 2002 p. 50.
Volk, Gregory. Humanoid. (Catalogue), Diverse Works Art Space, Houston, Texas.
Wilkin, Karen. “At the Galleries”, Partisan Review 2, Spring 2000: p. 293
Karlins, N.F.. “Drawing Notebook: What’s New” Artnet.com Magazine, February, 2000
Sherman, Mary. “Southend ready for Really Big Shows”, Boston Sunday Herald, July 11, 1999: p. 49.
McQuaid, Cate. “Gary Petersen: New Paintings and Drawings”, The Boston Globe, June 3, 1999: section E. p.1